Republicans willing to kill to get Vivek, Husted elected
The most blatantly evil thing happening in Ohio right now is flying almost completely under the radar.
If you’re lucky enough to avoid far-right social media, you’ve probably missed it entirely. But it’s about to become incredibly important, so we need to discuss it.
Earlier this month, far-right blog the Daily Wire announced they had “uncovered” massive amounts of Medicaid “fraud” in Ohio, committed almost entirely by the Somali community and immigrants throughout the state (convenient, right?).
To be perfectly clear, there is absolutely NO real evidence of widespread Medicaid fraud in Ohio. There will always be some sporadic fraudsters in any large system, but Medicaid officials tell us it would be incredibly difficult to commit mass fraud because of Ohio’s current (very strict) guardrails.
The Daily Wire’s “report” is overtly, sickeningly racist. And MAGA politicians are eating it up.
Last week, Republican politicians flew the Daily Wire bloggers who wrote this “report” to Columbus to testify at the Ohio Statehouse. Then the politicians introduced a bill that will absolutely devastate Ohio’s Medicaid program in order to stop all the “fraud.”
They literally plan to kill and institutionalize people because bloggers told them to.
Even worse? (Yes, I’m sorry, it gets worse) This is all a coordinated effort to boost failing Republican campaigns in Ohio.
Vivek Ramaswamy, Jon Husted, JD Vance, and national MAGA talking heads have all come out with eerily similar messaging about how mass Medicaid fraud is an urgent issue that only they can tackle.
Dr. Oz even showed up in Ohio last week to claim he was standing in a Medicaid fraud “hotbed.”
Of course, MAGA politicians and pundits are claiming that gutting Medicaid isn’t enough.
They say the only REAL way to prevent fraud going forward is to deport all the Black and brown immigrants! Again, how convenient!
Anyone who has paid any attention to Ohio throughout the past several decades knows this is all BS.
Republicans have controlled every branch of Ohio government since 2011. And they’ve controlled NEARLY every branch of Ohio government since 1985 — before I was born.
Any fraud that has occurred has happened under their watch.
Any failure to regulate the system has been theirs alone.
They’re hoping we’re all too dumb to notice.
Are you filled with rage? Channel it into action:
Ohio Statehouse Republicans plan to pass their devastating Medicaid bill in the next 2-3 weeks (before anyone notices what they’re doing).
The bill (HB 795) will receive a public hearing this coming Wednesday (6/3/26) in the Ohio House Medicaid Committee. Public testimony will be accepted. YOU can testify (or submit written-only testimony) against it.
WHAT: Public hearing on MAGA Medicaid bill (Ohio HB 795) — opponent testimony will be accepted
WHEN: Wednesday 6/3/26 at 3:00 PM (or after House session ends)
WHERE: Ohio Statehouse — Room 121
HOW TO TESTIFY:
Follow this simple HB 795 testimony template
We recommend testifying in-person if possible!
Can’t testify in-person? You can still submit written-only testimony!
No matter how you plan to testify (in-person or written only), your testimony must be uploaded to the committee website by Tuesday 6/2/26 at 3:00 pm (24 hours before the hearing begins)
We can save lives together.
Rachel, I got a little curious after reading this and here's what anyone can find in five minutes. You likely know all of this, but your readers may not.
When Medicaid fraud actually gets prosecuted and dollars actually get recovered, the perpetrators are overwhelmingly providers and institutions — hospitals, pharmaceutical manufacturers, clinical labs, nursing homes, billing companies. The federal government recovered nearly $2 billion in FY 2025. The biggest civil recoveries by dollar? Hospitals. Pharma. Clinical labs. That's where the money is.
The Daily Wire's reporting focuses on personal care attendants — the smallest-dollar, most visible, most racially coded end of the spectrum. That's a choice.
Now meet the people leading Ohio's fraud outrage tour.
Jon Husted took at least $75,000 from Centene — the largest Medicaid managed-care company in the country — over his career, including $29,000 after Centene paid Ohio $88.3 million to settle Medicaid fraud allegations. He was Lt. Governor when it happened.
Vivek Ramaswamy, who has publicly called Medicare and Medicaid "mistakes," is now running for governor on crushing Medicaid fraud. He is also co-founder of a Medicare advisory startup currently valued at $1.5 billion. He has a direct financial stake in the ecosystem he's performing outrage about.
JD Vance is chairing the national anti-fraud task force and using it as a campaign prop — making stops for Republican candidates while threatening Democratic-led states. His own DOJ told a federal court his Medicaid funding statements "are political commentary and have no weight" under the law.
Three men. Three different flavors of hypocrisy. One coordinated script.
They're not confused about where the fraud is. They know exactly what they're doing.